1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

1998-99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Teams 28
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad (1st title)
Runners-up South Korea Chunnam Dragons

The winners of the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, the association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation, are listed below.

First round

West Asia

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kazma Kuwait 5-2 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda 2-0 3-2
Al Ahli Yemen 0-3 Iraq Al Talaba 0-0 0-3
PAS Iran 10-3 Oman Al-Seeb 10-1 0-2
Al Ahli Qatar (w/o)1 Lebanon Al Nejmeh
Khujand Tajikistan 2-5 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 1-1 1-4
Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan 2-1 Kazakhstan Kaisar Kzyl-Orda 1-0 1-1
Al Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia bye
Al Nasr Saudi Arabia bye

1 Al Nejmeh withdrew.

East Asia

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sinthana Thailand 5-2 Singapore Woodlands Wellington 4-1 1-1
Ho Chi Minh City Customs Vietnam 2-5 Malaysia Sarawak 1-2 1-3
Chunnam Dragons South Korea (w/o)1 Sri Lanka Police SC
Salgaocar India 1-4 China Beijing Guoan 1-0 0-4
Mahendra Police Nepal 0-2 Maldives New Radiant 0-0 0-2
Happy Valley Hong Kong (w/o)2 Pakistan PIA
Yangon City Development Burma bye3
Kashima Antlers Japan bye

1 Police SC withdrew.
2 PIA FC withdrew.
3 Yangon City Development had been drawn against the representatives of Indonesia, where the 1997/98 season was abandoned due to political and economic trouble in the country.

Second round

West Asia

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kazma Kuwait 4-2 Saudi Arabia Al-Nasr 3-0 1-2
PAS Iran 1-2 Iraq Al Talaba 0-1 1-1
Al Ahli Qatar 1-7 Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad 0-0 1-7
Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan 5-6 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 5-0 0-6

East Asia

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Yangon City Development Burma 0-4 Malaysia Sarawak 0-1 0-31
New Radiant Maldives 4-6 Hong Kong Happy Valley 3-1 1-5
Sinthana Thailand 1-11 Japan Kashima Antlers 1-2 0-9
Beijing Guoan China 0-4 South Korea Chunnam Dragons 0-2 0-2

1 Yangon City Development were unable to field a team for the second leg to player illness.

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kazma Kuwait (w/o)1 Iraq Al Talaba
Al Ittihad Saudi Arabia 4-0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 3-0 1-0

1 Kazma withdrew.

East Asia

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Happy Valley Hong Kong 1-7 South Korea Chunnam Dragons 0-3 1-4
Sarawak Malaysia 2-14 Japan Kashima Antlers 2-4 0-10

Semifinals

April 16, 1999
Al Talaba Iraq 13 Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad
Qathan Jathir Drain  36' Mohammed Al Sahafi  20'
Dalian Atkinson  25'
Ahmed Bahja  90'
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

April 16, 1999
Kashima Antlers Japan 14 South Korea Chunnam Dragons
Yutaka Akita  12' Roh Sang-Rae  33'  86'
Kim Jong-hyun  48'
Lim Kwan-Sik  66'
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Third place match

April 18, 1999
Kashima Antlers Japan 10 Iraq Al Talaba
Tomoyuki Hirase  42'
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Final

April 18, 1999
Al Ittihad Saudi Arabia 32
(asdet)
South Korea Chunnam Dragons
Ahmed Bahja  10' (p)  105' (p)
Mohammed Noor  84'
Roh Sang-Rae  14'  70'
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Champions

Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998-1999
Saudi Arabia
Al Ittihad
First Title

References